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This web page boudhnepal.blogspot.com states the following, "Monday, September 1, 2008." We saw that the webpage said " According to one theory Diwali may have originated as a harvest festival, marking the last harvest of the year before winter." It also said " In an agrarian society this results in businessmen closing accounts, and beginning a new accounting year. The deity of wealth in Hinduism, goddess Lakshmi is therefore thanked on this day and everyone prays for a good year ahead. This is the common factor in Diwali celebrations all over the Indian subcontinent. The Sanskrit bine ? While Deepavali is pop."